Legal Opinion
Lamb v. Sutton
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided July 29, 1958No. Civ. A. 1925, 1936PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM E. MILLER, District Judge.
The defendant Pat Sutton was a candidate for United States Senator in the primary election of the Democratic Party held in Tennessee in August 1954, opposing the incumbent Senator Estes Kefauver. In connection with his campaign the defendant Sutton conducted a so-called “talkathon” which was carried over the radio and television facilities of the defendants, WSM, Inc. and WLAC, Inc. The talkathon continued for an uninterrupted period of twenty-six and a half hours, beginning at 7:30 P.M. on July 12, 1954, and concluding at 10:00 P.M. on July 13, 1954. Prior…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Beauharnais v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Sola Electric Co. v. Jefferson Electric Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Johnston v. Cincinnati, N. O. & T. P. Ry. Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1921
- O'Brien v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1940
- Sorensen v. WoodNebraska Supreme Court · 1932
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Farmers Educational & Cooperative Union v. WDAY, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Mobil Oil Corporation v. Tennessee Valley AuthorityDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 1974
- United States Federal Communications Commission v. Summa Corp.District Court, D. Nevada · 1978
- United States v. $1,963 in United States MoneyDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1967
- Edward Lamb v. Pat Sutton and Wsm, Inc., Edward Lamb v. Pat Sutton and Wlac, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1960
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